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Winless in three starts when Bradley Shannon purchased him prior to his 3-year-old campaign, Manila won 12 of his next 15 starts, including the 1986 Breeders' Cup Turf, and became an Eclipse Award winner. 

Trained by LeRoy Jolley, Manila was a son of Lyphard out of the Le Fabuleux mare Dona Ysidra. A Kentucky-bred, Manila raced for his breeder, Edwardo Cojuangco, until he was acquired privately by Shannon following the colt’s three starts as a 2-year-old. As Cojuangco had lived at one time in the Philippines, he named Manila after that country’s capital. Manila remained in Shannon’s hands the remainder of his racing career.

At 3, Manila won eight of his 10 starts and finished second in the other two. His wins included the Cinema Handicap, Lexington Stakes, United Nations Handicap, Classic Stakes, Turf Classic, and Breeders’ Cup Turf.

In the 1986 Breeders’ Cup Turf, Manila defeated a star-studded field that included Theatrical, Estrapade, and European standout Dancing Brave. Fresh off an overpowering score in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, Dancing Brave went off as the 1-2 favorite but proved no match for the others. Manila, the 8-1 third choice, won by a neck over Theatrical, who finished 3¾ lengths ahead of Estrapade. Dancing Brave ran fourth.

The Breeders’ Cup victory secured the Eclipse Award for Champion Male Turf Horse for Manila. His eight wins in 1986 netted the champ $1,814,729.

Brought back as a 4-year-old in 1987, Manila repeated in the United Nations and also won the Early Times Turf Classic Stakes, Arlington Million, and Elkhorn Stakes. Manila, however, lost out in Eclipse Award balloting to Theatrical, whom he had beaten in the Arlington Million in their only meeting that year. Theatrical finished the year with a score in the Breeders’ Cup Turf.

Manila was retired after the Arlington Million because of a hairline fracture. He concluded his career with a record of 12-5-0 from 18 starts and earnings of $2,692,799.

Manila entered stud at Lane’s End in 1988 before being relocated to Turkey in 1996. He sired 32 stakes winners, including Grade 1 turf winner Bien Bien, Derby Italiano winner Time Star, and three Turkish champions. Manila died in Turkey on Feb. 28, 2009, at the age of 26.

Achievements

Eclipse Award Champion Male Turf Horse — 1986

Breeders' Cup Highlights

Won the Turf — 1986

Notable

Won the United Nations Handicap — 1986, 1987
Won the Ballantine's Scotch Classic Stakes — 1986
Won the Cinema Handicap — 1986
Won the Lexington Stakes — 1986
Won the Turf Classic — 1986
Won the Arlington Million — 1987

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Bred and owned by Ogden Mills “Dinny” Phipps, Inside Information was named the Eclipse Award winner for Champion Older Female in 1995 when she won five graded stakes, including a 13½-length victory in the Breeders’ Cup Distaff at Belmont Park in her final career start.

Trained by Shug McGaughey, Inside Information broke her maiden in her career debut at Belmont in September 1993. As a 3-year-old in 1994, Inside Information won her first five races, including the Bonnie Miss, Ashland, and Acorn stakes, before finishing third in the Mother Goose. After a five-month break, Inside Information returned with an allowance win at Aqueduct to conclude her sophomore season with a record of 6-0-1 from seven starts and earnings of $462,798.

As a 4-year-old, Inside Information won the Shuvee Handicap (defeating Sky Beauty), Monmouth Park Budweiser Breeders’ Cup Handicap, and Molly Pitcher Handicap in succession before stumbling badly at the start of the Ballerina Handicap and finishing second to the speedy Classy Mirage.

Following the Ballerina, Inside Information won the Ruffian Handicap (by 11 lengths) and Spinster Stakes before her memorable Breeders’ Cup Distaff victory. Against a field that included Hall of Famers Heavenly Prize and Serena’s Song, as well as champion Lakeway, Inside Information took the lead a half-mile into the race and cruised home under a hand ride by Mike Smith. With a record of 7-1-0 from eight starts and earnings of $1,160,408, Inside Information was named Champion Older Female.

Retired after the 1995 season with a career record of 14-1-2 from 17 starts, including six Grade 1 wins. As a broodmare, Inside Information produced the champion filly Smuggler.

Achievements

Eclipse Award Champion Older Female — 1995

Breeders' Cup Highlights

Won the Distaff — 1995

Notable

Won the Acorn Stakes — 1994
Won the Ashland Stakes — 1994
Won the Bonnie Miss Stakes — 1994
Won the Molly Pitcher Handicap — 1995
Won the Monmouth Park Breeders' Handicap — 1995
Won the Ruffian Handicap — 1995
Won the Shuvee Handicap — 1995
Won the Spinster Stakes — 1995

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A winner of 22 stakes races, Swoon’s Son defeated Hall of Famers such as Round Table and Needles during his distinguished four-year career.

Bred in Kentucky by E. Gay Drake, Swoon’s Son was trained by Lex Wilson and ridden by Dave Erb in 21 of his 22 stakes wins. As a 2-year-old in 1955, he won or placed in 12 of 13 starts. His victories that year included the Bashford Manor Stakes, Arlington Futurity, George Woolf Memorial Stakes, Prairie State Stakes, and Washington Park Futurity.

As a sophomore, Swoon’s Son won 10 of 12, including the American Derby over Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes winner Needles, and the Arlington Classic over Preakness winner Fabius and champion Doubledogdare. He also added wins in the Domino Stakes, Chicagoan Stakes, Warren Wright Memorial Stakes, and Clark Handicap.

At ages 4 and 5, Swoon’s Son regularly won with 130 or more pounds. He carried 132 in winning the first of his two victories in the Equipoise Mile. In winning the Equipoise Mile in 1958, he carried 129 pounds and defeated Horse of the Year Round Table, as well as standouts Bardstown and Clem.

Swoon’s Son set track records at sprint distances at Keeneland and Arlington Park, as well as at middle distances on both grass and dirt at Washington Park and Hawthorne Race Course. He was retired to stud in January 1959 with a career record of 30-10-3 from 51 starts and ranked fourth on the career earnings list with $970,605.

Of Swoon’s Son’s offspring, his most famous is Hall of Fame filly Chris Evert. Swoon’s Son died in 1977 at Mineola Stock Farm in Kentucky at the age of 24.

Achievements

Won the Warren Wright Memorial Stakes — 1956, 1957
Won the Equipoise Mile Handicap — 1957, 1958
Won the Arlington Futurity — 1955
Won the Bashford Manor Stakes — 1955
Won the George Woolf Memorial Stakes — 1955
Won the Prairie State Stakes — 1955
Won the Washington Park Futurity — 1955
Won the American Derby — 1956
Won the Arlington Classic — 1956
Won the Chicagoan Stakes — 1956
Won the Clark Handicap — 1956
Won the Domino Stakes — 1956
Won the Charles W. Bidwell Memorial Handicap — 1957
Won the Churchill Downs Handicap — 1957
Won the Citation Handicap — 1957
Won the La Salle Handicap — 1957
Won the Midwest Handicap — 1957
Won the Clang Handicap — 1958
Won the Detroit Stakes — 1958
Won the Myrtlewood Handicap — 1958

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Silver Charm came within three-quarters of a length of winning the Triple Crown in 1997. One of the most popular horses of the late 20th century, Silver Charm was a graded stakes winner in each of his four years on the track and thrilled fans with numerous gritty victories by narrow margins.

Bred in Florida by Mary Lou Wootton, Silver Charm was sired by Silver Buck out of the Poker mare Bonnie’s Poker. Sold to pinhookers Randy Hartley and Dean De Renzo at the 1995 Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s yearling sale for $16,500, Silver Charm was then purchased for $30,000 by C. J. Grey early in the colt’s 2-year-old season and entered in the OBS April sale. He failed to reach the $100,000 reserve and Grey bought him back.

By this time, pinhookers J. B. and Kevin McKathan sent trainer Bob Baffert a tape of Silver Charm’s presale workout. Baffert liked what he saw and a private purchase of the colt was negotiated. Bob and Beverly Lewis eventually paid $85,000 for Silver Charm and Baffert began training the horse.

Silver Charm broke his maiden in his second career start on Aug. 24, 1996, at Del Mar and followed with the first of his signature photo-finish victories in the Del Mar Futurity. Baffert then gave Silver Charm some time off to grow and mature for his 3-year-old campaign.

Silver Charm opened his sophomore season with a victory in the San Vicente Stakes before consecutive second-place finishes in the San Felipe Stakes and Santa Anita Derby. He cemented his legacy as a tough competitor with head victories over Captain Bodgit in the Kentucky Derby and Free House in the Preakness. The Triple Crown, however, was thwarted in the Belmont when Touch Gold and Chris McCarron defeated Silver Charm and Gary Stevens by three-quarters of a length in front of a crowd of more than 70,000. Although the Belmont was deflating, Silver Charm won the Eclipse Award for Champion 3-Year-Old Male.

Returning to the races as a 4-year-old in 1998, Silver Charm won the Strub Stakes by four lengths in February before traveling abroad to capture the $4 million Dubai World Cup in a thriller with a nose victory over Swaim. Later in the year, he dead-heated with Wild Rush in the Kentucky Cup Classic and won the Goodwood Breeders’ Cup Handicap before finishing second to Awesome Again by three-quarters of a length in the Breeders’ Cup Classic.

Silver Charm made five starts in 1999 as a 5-year-old. He won the San Pasqual Handicap and was retired after finishing fourth in the Stephen Foster Handicap with a career record of 12-7-2 from 24 starts and earnings of $6,944,369.

Achievements

Eclipse Award Champion 3-Year-Old Male — 1997

Triple Crown Highlights

Won the Kentucky Derby — 1997
Won the Preakness Stakes — 1997

Notable

Won the Del Mar Futurity — 1996
Won the San Vicente Stakes — 1997
Won the Clark Handicap — 1998
Won the Dubai World Cup — 1998
Won the Goodwood Breeders' Cup Handicap — 1998
Won the Kentucky Cup Classic Handicap — 1998
Won the San Fernando Breeders' Cup Stakes — 1998
Won the Strub Stakes — 1998
Won the San Pasqual Handicap — 1999

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Mom’s Command won her career debut on July 17, 1984, in the Faneuil Miss Stakes at New Hampshire's Rockingham Park at odds of 44-1. A new star had unexpectedly arrived on the scene. With 10 more stakes victories in her career, including five Grade 1 wins, Mom’s Command established herself as one of the top fillies of the 1980s.

Bred in Kentucky by Peter Fuller, Mom’s Command was a bright chestnut daughter of Top Command out of the Pia Star mare Star Mommy. She was trained by Edward T. Allard and ridden in all but two of her races by Abigail Fuller, the owner’s daughter. All of her 16 career starts were in stakes races.

After winning the Faneuil Miss Stakes, Mom’s Command won the Priscilla Stakes at Suffolk Downs, the Astarita Stakes at Belmont Park, and the Selima Stakes at Laurel Park to establish herself as one of the top juvenile fillies in the country.

As a 3-year-old in 1985, Mom’s Command won her seasonal debut in the Flirtation Stakes at Pimlico before finishing second in the Goldfinch Handicap at Garden State. She then went on a five-race win streak, including a sweep of the New York Filly Triple Crown — the Grade 1 trio of the Acorn, Mother Goose, and Coaching Club American Oaks. Mom’s Command became the sixth filly to complete the prestigious sweep, joining Hall of Famers Dark Mirage (1968), Shuvee (1969), Chris Evert (1974), Ruffian (1975), and Davona Dale (1979).

Following the Coaching Club American Oaks victory, Mom’s Command finished second in the Test Stakes to Lady’s Secret. She returned to her winning ways by taking the Alabama Stakes nine days after the Test.

While training for the Rare Perfume Stakes in September of 1985, Mom’s Command injured an ankle and was subsequently retired with a career record of 11-2-1 from 16 starts and earnings of $909,972. She won the 1985 Eclipse Award for Champion 3-Year-Old Filly.

Mom’s Command died at the age of 25 at Fuller’s Runnymede Farm in North Hampton, New Hampshire, on Feb. 3, 2007.

Achievements

Eclipse Award Champion 3-Year-Old Filly — 1985

Notable

Astarita Stakes — 1984
Faneuil Miss Stakes — 1984
Frizette Stakes — 1984
Priscilla Stakes — 1984
Selima Stakes — 1984
Acorn Stakes — 1985
Alabama Stakes — 1985
Cherry Blossom Handicap — 1985
Coaching Club American Oaks — 1985
Comely Stakes — 1985
Flirtation Stakes — 1985
Mother Goose Stakes — 1985

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Bred in Chile, Cougar II was a major stakes winner in his home country before enjoying success on both dirt and turf in America and winning the 1972 Eclipse Award for Champion Turf Horse.

Upon the advice of Hall of Fame trainer Charlie Whittingham, Mary Jones purchased Cougar II from Joe Hernandez as a 4-year-old in 1970 for $125,000. Cougar II earned his first American stakes victory that year in the Escondido Handicap.

In 1971, Cougar II defeated Fort Marcy in both the San Juan Capistrano Handicap and the Ford Pinto Invitational Handicap. He also won the Hollywood Invitational Turf Handicap, Oak Tree Invitational Stakes, and Californian Handicap that year to post an overall record of 6-3-2 in 12 starts with earnings of $416,022.

Cougar II won the Eclipse Award for Champion Turf Horse in 1972 when he repeated in the Oak Tree Invitational Stakes and Californian Handicap and also won the Century Handicap (setting an American record for 11 furlongs of 2:11), San Marcos Stakes, and Carleton F. Burke Handicap. Cougar II finished 1972 with a record of 4-3-2 from nine starts and earnings of $321,350.

After finishing second in the Santa Anita Handicap in both 1971 and 1972, Cougar II finally won the race in 1973 as a 7-year-old under high weight of 126 pounds, edging Kennedy Road by a nose. He also won the Century Handicap again that year and added a win in the Sunset Handicap. His career earnings topped $1 million, making him the first foreign-bred horse to achieve that milestone in North America. Cougar II was retired with a lifetime record of 20-7-17 from 50 starts and earnings of $1,169,058. Eighteen of his wins were in stakes events.

Following his retirement, Cougar II stood at Spendthrift Farm and later at Stone Farm, where he sired his most famous offspring, 1982 Kentucky Derby winner Gato Del Sol. Overall, Cougar II sired 24 stakes winners. He died in 1989 at the age of 23. 

Achievements

Eclipse Award Champion Turf Horse — 1972

Notable

Won the Oak Tree Invitational Stakes — 1971, 1972
Won the Century Handicap — 1972, 1973
Won the Cabrillo Handicap — 1970
Won the Escondido Handicap — 1970
Won the Californian Stakes — 1971
Won the Ford Pinto Invitational Handicap — 1971
Won the San Gabriel Handicap — 1971
Won the San Juan Capistrano Invitational Handicap — 1971
Won the San Marcos Handicap — 1971
Won the Californian Stakes — 1972
Won the Carleton F. Burke Handicap — 1972
Won the Santa Anita Handicap — 1973
Won the Sunset Handicap — 1973

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The first steeplechase horse to win five Eclipse Awards and the first to earn more than $1 million, Lonesome Glory was the most dominant American jumper of the 1990s, as he was named champion in 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997, and 1999.

Trained by Bruce Miller and ridden primarily by his daughter, Blythe Miller, Lonesome Glory was campaigned by Kay Jeffords, whose husband bred the horse but died prior to his racing career. A Kentucky-bred son of Transworld out of the Green Dancer mare Stronghold, Lonesome Glory nearly became a show horse, but he proved too rambunctious for that career.

As a 3-year-old in 1991, Lonesome Glory won his only jump race before winning his first Eclipse Award the following year. His 1992 ledger included an impressive victory in the Sport of Kings Challenge Stakes at Cheltenham in England.

As a 5-year-old in 1993, Lonesome Glory won the Swan Lake Stakes at Great Meadow and the $250,000 Breeders’ Cup Steeplechase at Belmont by 8½ lengths in course-record time to secure his second consecutive Eclipse Award. In 1994, he won the Temple Gwathmey and Colonial Cup, but Warm Spell claimed the Eclipse Award.

In 1995, Lonesome Glory earned his third Eclipse Award in four years with a seasonal record of 6-1-0 from seven starts. He won his second Colonial Cup to go along with victories in the Iroquois, A.P. Smithwick, and New York Turf Writers. He also returned to England and won the Crowngap Construction Handicap at Sandown by 11 lengths in his final race of the year.

Lonesome Glory went winless in 1996, but returned to the top of the steeplechase ranks the following year as a 9-year-old, winning the Colonial Cup for the third time and adding a victory in the Carolina Cup. He became the first horse to win both the Colonial and Carolina cups in the same season at Springdale in Camden. South Carolina, earning a $250,000 bonus. Lonesome Glory was named the Eclipse Award winner in 1997 for the fourth time, equaling the record set by Flatterer.

Injuries hampered Lonesome Glory as a 10-year-old in 1998, but he did manage to win the Hard Scuffle Handicap at Churchill Downs.

Returning as an 11-year-old in 1999, Lonesome Glory won his record fifth Eclipse Award. He opened with his second victory in the Carolina Cup and followed with an impressive win the Royal Chase at Keeneland, which was his final career race. Lonesome Glory was retired while in training that fall with a record of 19-4-5 from 35 steeplechase starts and an overall ledger of 24-5-6 from 44 starts. His jump earnings of $1,318,868 established a new career mark. Lonesome Glory also topped the National Steeplechase Association’s theoretical handicap three times in the 1990s, including a record 170-pound honor after the 1995 season.   

Lonesome Glory became only the fifth horse to win five or more Eclipse Awards, joining Hall of Famers Secretariat, Forego, Affirmed, and John Henry.  

“To me, the greatest thing he did was win two races in England — one over hurdles and one over steeplechase fences,” said trainer Miller, “but I think his best race was that 1993 Breeders’ Cup. There were two four-horse entries in that race, and we were the ninth horse. He beat Highland Bud, who was going for his third Breeders’ Cup win.”

Lonesome Glory died at the age of 14 on Feb. 25, 2002,  at Bruce Miller’s farm near Cochranville, Pennsylvania. He was buried at Springdale Race Course.

Achievements

Eclipse Award Outstanding Steeplechase Horse — 1992
Eclipse Award Outstanding Steeplechase Horse — 1993
Eclipse Award Outstanding Steeplechase Horse — 1995
Eclipse Award Outstanding Steeplechase Horse — 1997
Eclipse Award Outstanding Steeplechase Horse — 1999

Breeders' Cup Highlights

Won the Steeplechase — 1993

Notable

Won the Colonial Cup — 1994, 1995, 1997
Won the Carolina Cup — 1997, 1999
Won the Foxbrook Supreme Hurdle Stakes — 1992
Won the Swan Lake Hurdle Stakes — 1993
Won the Temple Gwathmey Hurdle Handicap — 1994
Won the Iroquois Stakes — 1995
Won the A. P. Smithwick Memorial Steeplechase Hurdle Handicap — 1995
Won the New York Turf Writers Cup — 1995
Won the Hard Scuffle Hurdle Handicap — 1998
Won the Royal Chase for the Sport of Kings Hurdle Handicap — 1999

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A winner of 16 graded stakes races and four Eclipse Awards — including Horse of the Year in 1998 — Skip Away was one of the most popular and accomplished horses of the 1990s.

Bred in Florida, Skip Away was foaled at Hilmer Schmidt’s Indian Hill Farm. He was bred by Massachusetts native Anna Marie Barnhart. Indian Hill consigned the colt to a 2-year-olds in training sale in Florida, where Carolyn and Sonny Hine paid $30,000 for the son of Skip Trial. A bone chip in one of Skip Away’s knees reduced the sale prize to $22,500 to compensate for the surgery the horse required.

Skip Away showed some promise when he made it to the track as a 2-year-old in 1995. He broke his maiden in his third career start and finished second in both the Cowdin and Remsen that year.

As a 3-year-old, Skip Away won an allowance to start his campaign before finishing third in the Florida Derby. He followed that with a commanding victory in the Blue Grass Stakes to stamp himself as a legitimate contender in the Kentucky Derby. Skip Away, however, seemed to loathe the Churchill Downs surface and finished a disappointing 12th in the Run for the Roses. He then finished second in the Preakness to Louis Quatorze and second in the Belmont to Editor’s Note. Skip Away was sensational during the remainder of his 3-year-old season, winning the Ohio Derby, Haskell Invitational, Woodbine Million Stakes, and Jockey Club Gold Cup (defeating Cigar by a head). He finished the year with a record of 6-2-2 from 12 starts and earnings of $2,699,280 to earn the Eclipse Award for Champion 3-Year-Old Male.

It took Skip Away some time to find his best form as a 4-year-old in 1997. He began the year by finishing second in both the Donn and Gulfstream Park handicaps before getting third in the Texas Mile then second in the Pimlico Special. Skip Away then won the Massachusetts and Suburban handicaps, finished third in the Whitney, and second in both the Philip H. Iselin Handicap and Woodward Stakes. He then romped by six lengths to repeat in the Jockey Club Gold Cup and capped his year with a six-length victory in the Breeders’ Cup Classic at Hollywood Park. Skip Away concluded his 4-year-old season with a record of 4-5-2 from 11 starts and earnings of $4,089,000 to win the Eclipse Award for Champion Older Male.

Skip Away was at his best as a 5-year-old, winning seven of nine starts, including five Grade 1s. He began the year with a victory in the Donn Handicap and followed with scores in the Gulfstream Park Handicap, Pimlico Special Handicap, Massachusetts Handicap, Hollywood Gold Cup, Philip H. Iselin Handicap, and Woodward Stakes. Including his final two wins as a 4-year-old, Skip Away had a nine-race win streak after the Woodward. The streak came to an end when Skip Away finished third in the Jockey Club Gold Cup. He finished sixth in his final start, the Breeders’ Cup Classic.

Skip Away was named Horse of the Year and Champion Older Male in 1998 and retired with a career record of 18-10-6 from 38 starts and earnings of $9,616,360. At the time of his retirement, Skip Away trailed only Cigar in career earnings.  

In 12 years at stud, Skip Away sired 489 foals, including 21 stakes winners. Skip Away died on May 14, 2010, at the age of 17 at Hopewell Farm in Midway, Kentucky. He is buried at Old Friends Farm in Georgetown, Kentucky.

Achievements

Eclipse Award Champion 3-Year-Old Male — 1996
Eclipse Award Champion Older Male — 1997
Eclipse Award Horse of the Year — 1998
Eclipse Award Champion Older Male — 1998

Breeders' Cup Highlights

Won the Classic — 1997

Notable

Won the Massachusetts Handicap — 1997, 1998
Won the Blue Grass Stakes — 1996
Won the Haskell Invitational — 1996
Won the Jockey Club Gold Cup — 1996
Won the Ohio Derby — 1996
Won the Woodbine Million Stakes — 1996
Won the Suburban Handicap — 1997
Won the Donn Handicap — 1998
Won the Gulfstream Park Handicap — 1998
Won the Hollywood Gold Cup — 1998
Won the Philip H. Iselin Handicap — 1998
Won the Pimlico Special Handicap — 1998
Won the Woodward Stakes — 1998

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Bowl of Flowers was voted champion filly in both years she raced, as a 2-year-old in 1960 and as a sophomore in 1961.

A homebred for Mrs. Isabel Dodge Sloane’s Brookmeade Stable, Bowl of Flowers came to hand quickly enough to win the National Stallion Stakes in the spring of her juvenile year for Hall of Fame trainer Elliott Burch. She continued through a sterling 2-year-old campaign that included victories in two of the richest races for her division. In the Gardenia Stakes, Bowl of Flowers won by a half-length over Angel Speed, and then in the Frizette Stakes, she won by three lengths over Counter Call.

The following spring, Bowl of Flowers returned to win her first two starts, including the Acorn Stakes, running her win streak to six races. After a head defeat by Funloving in the Mother Goose Stakes, Bowl of Flowers rebounded to win the historic Coaching Club American Oaks, scoring by five lengths over the same filly. Primonetta came to the fore to defeat her in the Alabama Stakes, but Bowl of Flowers reasserted her status as top filly of the 3-year-olds when she gained revenge in the Spinster Stakes. In the latter, she defeated not only Primonetta but also the year’s older distaff champion, Airman’s Guide. Her sporting owner then sent her out against males in the Roamer Handicap, and Bowl of Flowers was beaten only by a head by Belmont Stakes winner Sherluck in a blanket finish in her final career start.

Bowl of Flowers’ career came to an end because of a leg injury she suffered while training for a 4-year-old campaign. She was retired with a record of 10-3-3 from 16 starts and earnings of $398,504.

As a broodmare, Bowl of Flowers produced six named foals, including Grade 2 winner Spruce Bouquet. 

Achievements

Champion 2-Year-Old Filly — 1960
Champion 3-Year-Old Filly — 1961

Notable

Won the Frizette Stakes — 1960
Won the Gardenia Stakes — 1960
Won the National Stallion Stakes (Fillies) — 1960
Won the Acorn Stakes — 1961
Won the Coaching Club American Oaks — 1961
Won the Spinster Stakes — 1961

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A nine-time Grade 1 winner and the Eclipse Award winner for Champion Female Turf Horse in 1992 and 1993, Flawlessly won three consecutive editions of both the Matriarch Stakes and Ramona Handicap during her illustrious career, as well as back-to-back runnings of the Beverly Hills Handicap.

Bred and owned by Harbor View Farm, Flawlessly was a bay daughter of Affirmed out of the Nijinsky II mare La Confidence. Trained as a 2-year-old by Rick Dutrow, Sr., Flawlessly won the Gardenia Stakes at the Meadowlands and the Tempted Stakes at Aqueduct as a juvenile before being sent to California to be trained by Hall of Famer Charlie Whittingham.

As a 3-year-old, Flawlessly won five stakes races, including her first Grade 1, the Matriarch. She won the Eclipse Award for Champion Grass Mare in 1992 thanks to Grade 1 wins in the Beverly Hills Handicap, Ramona Handicap, and the aforementioned Matriarch.

In 1993, Flawlessly was again named Champion Turf Female. She posted Grade 1 victories in the Beverly Hills Handicap, Ramona Handicap, Beverly D. Stakes, and her third consecutive score in the Matriarch. The following year, as a 6-year-old, Flawlessly won her third straight Ramona Handicap and was retired after finishing second in the Beverly D. with a career record of 16-4-3 from 28 starts and earnings of $2,572,536. Fifteen of her wins were in stakes races, including 11 graded wins.

Flawlessly died Sept. 26, 2002, at the age of 14 and was buried at Elmond Farm near Versailles, Kentucky.

Achievements

Eclipse Award Champion Turf Female — 1992
Eclipse Award Champion Turf Female — 1993

Notable

Won the Matriarch Stakes — 1991, 1992, 1993
Won the Ramona Handicap — 1992, 1993, 1994
Won the Beverly Hills Handicap — 1992, 1993
Won the Gardenia Stakes — 1990
Won the Tempted Stakes — 1990
Won the Del Mar Oaks — 1991
Won the Harold C. Ramser, Sr. Handicap — 1991
Won the Beverly D. Stakes — 1993

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